U.S. & World

Seven states had tried to get 11 citizen-led firearm referendums on the ballot this year, but all of them failed, according to Victoria Rose, who tracks the measures for the elections database Ballotpedia.

The deli meat company Boar’s Head is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials over a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning. U.S. Agriculture Department officials disclosed the action in response to requests for government records. USDA officials refused to give The Associated Press documents about inspections and enforcement at a n...

In a coastline New Jersey community, there’s a mystery unfolding that no one seems to know the answer to: why hasn’t the big jackpot winner come forward?

Congress is off for the campaign season. Now, lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times are trying to persuade voters to keep them on the job.

GOBankingRates ranked the best towns for the middle class to retire in using data from the U.S. Census and Federal Reserve data.

HackHer House is an all-female hacker house in San Francisco, providing a collaborative space for women to build startups and break industry stereotypes.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah led the group since 1992 turning it into Lebanon’s most powerful force. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike Friday afternoon.

Israel said Saturday that it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, dealing its most significant blow to the Lebanese militant group after months of fighting. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah.

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 58 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.

Robinson is “in good spirits,” said Mike Lonergan, Robinson’s communications director.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Alabama and its top election official.

X has to pay one last fine before getting reinstated in Brazil, according to a decision out Friday from the country’s top justice, Alexandre de Moraes.

“We’re all better for having known him,” the police chief of Blackshear, Georgia, said of firefighter Vernon Leon Davis. “He would do anything for anybody.”